Senior Lecturer: Research

The opportunity
The Screen School at London College of Communication is looking to recruit a Senior Lecturer for Research as part of the Film and Television programme and Screen School.

The programme has a commitment to social justice with an ethical compass to foster meaningful dialogue, impact, and diverse and inclusive engagement through film and screen. This is an opportunity to deploy specialist expertise and develop our research and research informed pedagogy and curriculum in innovative and critical directions that stimulates and develops our practice in challenging the canon of screen.

The successful candidate will promote and manage the Sonic Screen Lab, develop the research environment with colleagues, post-graduate researchers, and students and participate in the delivery of supervision and teaching. The appointed candidate will work primarily under the direction of the Professor of Multimodal Storytelling while contributing to the film and television programme, and School, College and University research initiatives.

About you
We are seeking an academic with knowledge and experience in an area of film, television or screen-based research which aligns with our principles of promoting social justice, diversity and inclusion. You will ideally be educated to PhD level and have experience of delivering and working in research environments, supervision and teaching at different levels, including postgraduate researchers. It is desirable that you have experience supervising doctoral students.

You will demonstrate an ability to teach and motivate a diverse body of students and researchers to think creatively and critically and guide their research and professional careers.

You will continue to develop your field of specialism and contribute to our research environment, partnerships and collaborations. You will promote relationships with professional organisations to provide students and researchers with access to networking and opportunities for research and research funding.

The successful candidate should possess good interpersonal skills and the ability to lead, manage and work alongside full and part-time staff. Candidates should demonstrate subject knowledge as well as skills relevant to subject development within an academic, research and professional context.

We are UAL
University of the Arts London (UAL) generates and inspires the creativity the world needs for a better future. Since 1842, our colleges have been defining creative education. With curiosity, imagination and intent we make work which creates lasting change for people and our planet. London is core to who we are, a place where we meet and share ideas with people from different backgrounds and cultures.

Our creative network influences learning, culture, industry and society on a global scale. Our academics and practitioners deliver creative education and inspire new ways of thinking through research and innovation.

For further details and to apply please click the apply button.

Closing date: 27^th January 2025, 17:00.

If you have any general queries, you may contact Lesley Wilkins, Senior Resourcing Adviser, lcc.jobs@lcc.arts.ac.uk.

Our culture
UAL is committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments for all staff and students to work and learn – a university where we can be ourselves and reach our full potential. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and Staff Support Networks. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, including race, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, and caring responsibility.

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